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Blood Relations
Written by Jonathan Moore
Narrated by David Colacci
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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Who is Claire Gravesend?
So wonders PI Lee Crowe when he finds her dead, in a fine cocktail dress, on top of a Rolls Royce, in the most dangerous neighborhood in San Francisco. Claire's mother, Olivia, is one of the richest people in California. She doesn't believe the coroner: her daughter did not kill herself. Olivia hires Crowe, who-having just foiled a federal case against a cartel kingpin-is eager for distraction. But the questions about the Gravesend family pile up fast.
First, the autopsy reveals round scars running down Claire's spine, old marks Olivia won't explain. Then, Crowe visits Claire's Boston townhouse and has to fend off an armed intruder. Is it the Feds out for revenge? Or is this connected to the Gravesends? He leaves Boston afraid, but finds his way to Claire's secret San Francisco pied-à-terre. It's there that his questions come to a head. Sleeping in an upstairs bedroom, he finds Claire-her face, her hair, her scars-and as far as he can tell, she's alive. And Crowe's back at the start:
Who is Claire Gravesend?
So wonders PI Lee Crowe when he finds her dead, in a fine cocktail dress, on top of a Rolls Royce, in the most dangerous neighborhood in San Francisco. Claire's mother, Olivia, is one of the richest people in California. She doesn't believe the coroner: her daughter did not kill herself. Olivia hires Crowe, who-having just foiled a federal case against a cartel kingpin-is eager for distraction. But the questions about the Gravesend family pile up fast.
First, the autopsy reveals round scars running down Claire's spine, old marks Olivia won't explain. Then, Crowe visits Claire's Boston townhouse and has to fend off an armed intruder. Is it the Feds out for revenge? Or is this connected to the Gravesends? He leaves Boston afraid, but finds his way to Claire's secret San Francisco pied-à-terre. It's there that his questions come to a head. Sleeping in an upstairs bedroom, he finds Claire-her face, her hair, her scars-and as far as he can tell, she's alive. And Crowe's back at the start:
Who is Claire Gravesend?
Author
Jonathan Moore
JONATHAN MOORE lives in Hawaii with his wife and son, and is the author of five books. Before completing law school in New Orleans, he was an English teacher, a bar owner, a raft guide, a counselor at a Texas wilderness camp for juvenile delinquents, and an investigator for a criminal defense attorney in Washington, D.C.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Leland Crowe is a disbarred lawyer who makes a living as a private investigator in California. He has a reputation for getting things done, often using methods are that are unorthodox and/or illegal (among them are bribery and electronic surveillance of private citizens). Jonathan Moore, in "Blood Relations," depicts Leland as a man without a clear sense of right and wrong. For example, a defense attorney named Jim Gardner hires Crowe to undermine the prosecution's case against the leader of an international drug cartel. Another example of Lee's ruthlessness is evident when he stumbles upon the body of a woman, Claire Gravesend, whose corpse has landed on top of a Rolls Royce. Instead of alerting the authorities, Lee snaps photographs of the dead woman that he peddles to the tabloids for a tidy sum. Subsequently, the victim's mother, the fabulously wealthy and influential Olivia Gravesend, hires Lee to find the person who killed her daughter. Olivia does not believe that Claire took her own life.
Moore's story, with its shameful secrets, lies, and intrigue, moves along briskly. However, its flaws outweigh its merits. The muddled plot involves a power-hungry scientist whose reprehensible actions are vaguely described but never fully explained. The novel has little humor and numerous scenes of gratuitous violence. More than once, Lee is beaten up so badly that it strains credulity when he dusts himself off and resumes his quest to track down a criminal mastermind. Lee Crowe is an intelligent and street-smart guy who, to his credit, risks his life to bring down a monster. Still, it is difficult to warm up to this reckless and self-centered opportunist. ”Blood Relations" lacks depth and coherence; at best, it is a quick read for those who are curious to see how, time and again, Crowe manages to get himself in and out of impossible situations.